Yay for free stuff. Double yay for stuff that ends up free after you prepare to cough up $85 for it. My new-to-me monitor is a whopping 19″ and is all sexy and shit. (yes, bigger is sexier in this case.)
My Trip:
I went to this concert up near Mt. Vernon. A local band was celebrating their cd’s release. About five hundred people crammed themselves into this ornate historic-style theater and thrashed wildly in their seats during the show. good fun, except I think I got a bit of motion sickness. Anyway, about halfway through the set, the front-guy suddenly belted “TROGDOR!!!” and started quoting from the Trogdor “theme song”. only about 12 people seemed to know what the hell he was babbling. I yelled a few “woo!”s and “burninating the peasants!” to feel cool. I think the rest of the house just figured they were dumb or missing something (which they were) but also figured that cheering madly and thrashing about in their seats even more would conceal their ignorance. Because that’s what they did.
Also in Washington: One of the worst things to learn about yourself “the hard way” is whether or not you are afraid of roller-coasters. Holy Hell. I had no idea that I would get that freaked out on a fucking “over-sized swing-set” ride. No loops, just a big plastic swinging pirate ship. I am trying to block out the memory, because it was just that mortifying… I was told that the operator almost shut down the ride and pulled me off. Part of me is glad he didn’t, because I’d rather not be the center of that kind of attention… but the other part of me wants to kill him because he didn’t shut it down and pull me off. godamn bastard. I could have died!
Nimm’s place is another world. The houses were huge. Everything was clean, rich and green. Doctors, lawyers, politicians and international business-people apparently all live there. At first, I was pretty uncomfortable… surrounded by three-story mansion type houses (living in one too), expensive cars, fountains and designer poodles everywhere… I was intimidated by my lack of money, and lack of any chance of ever living in a world like that.
But that passed. It passed because I was made to feel welcome in one of those houses. I felt like they were glad to have me. So after a while, I was able to just admire the rich things, and see the light pass through them, and take pictures of the rainbows they made. And I really did take pictures.
It ended up motivating me to get on top of things. Get my degree, graduate and then… (??) I’ve still got this unbearable desire to travel. So I’m forming a new plan for my future. Maybe I’ll continue studying Japanese, and re-enroll in the International Air Academy. The airline industry is just so sexy. But that’s not quite tomorrow… so I don’t have to have dates, times or interview appointments just yet. Just thoughts now… hopeful thoughts.
Driving home from this Other World, I had the disheartening realization that I have to go to work tomorrow… It made me feel so depressed. I decided that it was time I did something for myself. As if taking a five-day vacation wasn’t enough, I stopped at the mall on my way home and bought a beat-pad for my borrowed PSOne. *grins* Now I really need some games. :)
Speaking of games… Project Gotham Racing is the best form of high in the world. I need it “like a needle needs a vein”. It’s just one out of a million reasons why I’d much rather still be up there.
cepcion | 29-Jun-03 at 2:44 pm | Permalink
sounds like an interesting vacation … yay to re-motivation to getting more from life. it’s a big big world out there, plenty of room for us to be rich in one sense or another.
if you need a copy of DDR 3rd Mix or the Disney Rave mix games drop me a line and i’ll send them off.